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The Highway 17 trek back and forth “over the hill” between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz—with its rush-hour chaos and treacherous turns on rainy days—is a route many are all too familiar with. At the summit lies a reddish structure that has been seen by...

The wheels of town government came to a grinding halt Sept. 7 as an unruly audience that included anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, police union representatives and public safety advocates shut down a Los Gatos Town Council meeting.  The descent into chaos is part of a pattern of...

The Los Gatos High football team opened the 2022 season in the same way it ended the 2021 season—with a loss.  Same venue, same electric atmosphere, same result, different opponent. Instead of Bellarmine in last year’s Central Coast Section Division I playoff game, Southern California...

The Santa Clara County Fire Department released its findings about the fatal early morning house fire in Monte Sereno yesterday that killed a married couple, both approximately 80 years old, who were found in their bed upstairs. The fire officials said they were unable to...

Finn Allan is a go-getter. An avid fly fisher, Allan helped bring the renowned International Fly Fishing Festival (IF4) for a single screening to the CineLux Los Gatos Theatre on Aug. 23 at 10am. This is the lone IF4 showing in the Bay Area–the...

Even after the No. 5 seed Los Gatos High girls water polo team was eliminated by No. 4 seed St. Francis 6-4 in the Central Coast Section Open Division playoff quarterfinals on Nov. 6, coach Don Appleton is confident the Wildcats are in prime...

Los Gatos followed through on its plan to fine a property owner for allowing weeds to get out of control, during its Aug. 1 meeting. Council heard that property owners are charged $92 for an initial inspection. Delinquents are then charged $92 each year for the...

Los Gatos has extended the date businesses can operate temporary outdoor areas in front of their property to the end of January next year, as it transitions to a new, semi-permanent "parklet" regime. At its regularly scheduled meeting Aug. 17, Council voted to funnel $680,000...

The Planning Commission recently agreed to support a memory-care and assisted-living facility proposal from Swenson Builders. The 7-2 decision (commissioners Susan Burnett and Melanie Hanssen were opposed) came after company representative Jessie Bristow confirmed they’d be willing to drop the height by a foot on...

For the second time in four months, Los Gatos High School was evacuated on Monday due to a gas leak at an adjacent construction site. A police cruiser parked at Jackson and Main Streets near the high school, blocking the thoroughfare shortly after the gas...